Spice bag

So the mythical ancient Irish dish is younger than the iPhone.

The Oxford English Dictionary only added Spice Bag in its March 2025 update.

It won Ireland's favorite takeaway dish in the 2020 Just Eat Awards.

There's a tribute Facebook group with 17,000 members, and Deliveroo Ireland petitioned in 2021 for a National Spice Bag Day.

A national day for a 2012 menu item.

The food critic Russell Alford said it well.

here.

Went in Ireland, you know, Ireland famous for their spice bags.

I mean, I'm not fully aware of where it's most popular, you know, whether it's in the south or north.

But, yeah, we got one whilst we were in town and it was...

yeah like jack is i mean jack's a great story and like a lot of people are maybe just cutting it on to it now but like jack is um like an exceptionally talented player like it like it is a massive damien duff element like damien duff does tell the story of being uh having a couple of drinks in the middle of the night in america looking at clips of jack moylan and then deciding to sort of uh you know make a call and and sign them and that's how it came about and even like the relationship between duff and moylan that i think has continued like as Duff would sort of, a couple of years back, like Moylan would have been slated by Duff for like not finishing games.

You know, he still makes these jokes about like it was at Spice Bags or Coddle or something.

Coddle, yeah, stuck in your

mouth, Coddle.

Anyway, we're not here to talk about HSP.

We're not here to talk about spice bags.

We're here to talk about Greek football, the gift that keeps on giving.

Uh, and I think we'll start with the Europa League 'cause that was the, the first thing that really happened.